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MAPLE LEAGUE REPORTS
Open to everyone, the Maple League Book Club has been a source of ongoing long-term reflection and conversation.
BOOK CLUB
During the fall Book Club we usually address issues of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility and Decolonization. In the winter, we explore a specific aspect of Teaching & Learning, and finally in the summer book club we explore the challenges of academic life more broadly.
Fall 2023 Speakers and Dates
WINTER SEASON
This winter, we'll be resuming our regular book club with a new title exploring one facet of Teaching & Learning.
Stay tuned for our upcoming selection!
Fall 2023 Speakers and Dates
PAST BOOK CLUBS
Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and Other Organizations for Human Flourishing
by Dr. Jessica Riddell
How do we model abundance and generosity - in teaching, in learning, in leading organizations, particularly non-profits - when dealing with fiscal austerity and other forms of scarcity thinking? Hope Circuits explores this question, presenting sophisticated ideas that support democratizing higher education for everybody.
Spring (May-Jul) 2024​
Undoing the Grade: Why we Grade and How We Stop
by Jesse Stommel
This book examines the what, why, and whether of grades, revealing how the traditional grading system is can stifle genuine learning and student growth. This book champions for innovative and alternative models of assessment that puts priority on meaningful student development and engagement over simple numerical grades.
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Winter (Feb-Apr) 2024​​
Academic Ableism:
Disability and Higher Education
by Jay Timothy Dolmage
Academic Ableism brings together disability studies and institutional critique to recognize the ways that disability is composed in and by higher education. The author argues that disability is central to higher education, and that building more inclusive schools allows better education for all.
Fall (Sep-Nov) 2023​